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Superintendent Dr. Timothy Glasspool was reinstated by a 4-3 vote of the Plum School Board on Tuesday night -- just hours after a former student sued the district and Glasspool, among others, for allegedly failing to properly investigate and stop the teacher convicted of having sex with her.

Board President Kevin Dowdell officially made the motion to reinstate Glasspool, who has been on paid leave for months. The move is effective Monday.

During the school board meeting, audience members shouted, "Girls were raped!"

Board member Steve Schlauch spoke before the motion, saying, "By bringing him back, you're essentially giving him a pass. The district needs a culture change, which includes not bringing back the superintendent."

Kociela and Glasspool were named in a grand jury report that calls their actions relating to the scandal into question. The report essentially accuses both administrators of turning a blind eye to early complaints and warning signs of teacher sex with students.

The findings of the Levin Legal Group -- a Montgomery County firm hired by the school board -- largely disagreed with the findings of the grand jury report.

"The Levin Group was hired and is well respected and unbiased. Their findings are objective and impartial," Dowdell said. "The Levin Group did not find any charges against Glasspool with the school code. I said I would support the group's findings either way."

Two former high school teachers -- Joe Ruggieri and Jason Cooper -- were sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to student sex charges in separate cases. A third, substitute Michael Cinefra, is awaiting trial. A fourth, Drew Zoldak, was acquitted of charges he tried to intimidate the victim in Ruggieri's case.

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday echoes the grand jury report, contending that Kociela covered up or dragged his feet upon learning of reports and rumors of Ruggieri's sexual relationship with a student who was 17 when it began. The girl is identified only as "Jane Doe" in the lawsuit.

Glasspool's home phone number has been disconnected. Kociela didn't immediately return a message left at his home number Wednesday. District solicitor Lee Price wouldn't comment on the lawsuit.

More than a dozen parents approached the podium at Tuesday's meeting to express their anger and disdain for those thinking of voting to keep Glasspool.

"You've chosen to defend predators, and men that would lie, cheat and conceal information instead of protecting our children," said one parent at the podium.

One father posed a question to the board.

"So, you don't believe that Glasspool knew or someone told him what was going on?" he asked.

Board member Michelle Stepnick resigned unexpectedly before the meeting. She confirmed the resignation on the Facebook group Our Plum Matters.

“I walked away because my health can't take much more and neither can my family. I want the community to move on and heal not continue to be on witch hunt after witch hunt. I will continue to advocate for our kids but the private agendas are too much. This is something I have been thinking over for some time and tonight's meeting put me over the edge," wrote Stepnick.

Sue Caldwell was one of three board members voting against reinstating Glasspool. She read a statement as she choked back tears.

"These are people's careers and livelihoods we're deciding on, but we're also deciding on the safety of our school district," said Caldwell.

Fellow board member Vicky Roessler was also displeased with the decision.

"I have a daughter that went to school here last year. It's unacceptable. It makes me sick," said Roessler.

During a May 24 board meeting at which Glasspool was in attendance, he was criticized for sending tweets about baseball scores during the meeting. It appears his Twitter account is no longer in existence.